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Though Aja West was born in 1976 and his brother and cohort in funk revival Cheeba arrived in 1979, 1985 proved the pivotal year for these West Coast musicians. It was then that their cats, Flash and Snowball, would enter the world and provide an endless source of inspiration for the brothers. Think we're kidding? Check their 2005 sophomore release, Flash and Snowball, which was inspired by the feline duo and garnered them Album of the Year honors at the Independent Music Awards. Since then, Aja and Cheeba have released two additional dispatches of fusion-laden funk that points to everything from Stevie Wonder to Herbie Hancock to Jamiroquai.